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THE WAR AND PEACE SHOW 2002 Who's coming to the 2002 show? |
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Aside
from the thousands of military vehicles, the living history re-enactors
that you will meet on the site, the arena participants, and over 1,000 trade
stalls, as well as the expected 100,000 men, women and children visitors,
we thought you might like to know who else we are expecting to turn up...
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Learn about vehicles coming to the 2002 show... some very rare, some very weird, lots and lots and lots of them!! |
Re-enactors come from all over the world to represent forces ranging from WW2 to the Gulf War - find out more here!
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Over 1,000 stalls, selling everything from penknives to tanks... |
Find out the new times for Ginger Gammon's motorbike ride-out 2002!...
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The women's land army will be making a welcome return to Kent for the War and Peace show 2002. Click here for more! |
Forrest Guth US veteran and one of the original "Band of Brothers" will be coming to the show to sign his new biography with the author Michel De Trez. Click here for more! |
Authors doing book signings at the War and Peace Show 2002. Click here for more information. |
1940s Fashion Shows every day in the Miller Marquee or Miller Outdoor Arena. Also find out about cosmetics, rationing, short cuts and trends in the 1940s...
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The "Tigers" will be back this year, sponsored by Shepherd Neame, it's the Prince of Wales Royal Parachute Regiment... click here for last year's pictures |
The Austin Champ celebrates its 50th Birthday this year, and we are organising a special "Champ Camp" to celebrate... |
Find out about the people who make the show possible, and who you will see around the showground... |
The "Safe & Sound" team provide emergency fire support during the show, and last year demonstrated how to deal with aircraft fires... |
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The Big Wedding Nick Crowhurst and Carena Loughlin tie the knot at this year's War and Peace show 2002. |
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Oldest Soldier at War and Peace?
Visiting our show this year is Mr. R. W. Saunders, a veteran from the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
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Ham Radio At this year's War and Peace a man called Joe will be broadcasting around the world on a Zil131 operational radio station. Click here for more. |
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And of course all
of this will be taking place at the Hop Farm Country Park, which
has its own collection of military vehicles,
including Fiona Pollard's Abbot Self Propelled
Gun, which has recently been painted
blue!
"Band of Brothers" - vehicles and people who participated in the television epic will be at the show... ditto "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"
"Saving Private Ryan" - The Second Battle group were involved in the making of this film...
Trevor Claringbold - BBC Radio Kent DJ - will be back to DJ in Kitchener's Bar all week...
The North London Barmy Army - those military enthusiasts from North London will once again be coming en masse to the show and bringing lots of unique vehicles and not a little mayhem (!) with them...
The Rochester Pipe Band played for us at various times during the show...
Nigel Hay, our very own arena commentator - was back to entertain the arena crowds again this year...
The Long Range Desert Group and their living history displays
The Second Battle Group - re-enactors representing the Axis forces...
Our French friends at ABCollection have confirmed they will be
coming again - check out their excellent website for their opinion of
last year's show - in English, French and German! Great pics too...
All the way from Holland,
these guys are regular visitors to Beltring...
At
the 2001 War and Peace Show, there was a fantastic gathering of Canadian
military vehicles, photos of which can be found in the gallery pages on
this site. This year, the chaps from Maple Leaf Up are again coming over
from Canada... watch this space for information on vehicle gatherings...
See Peter Wedlake's photos of the 2001 show...
More photos of last year's show taken by our German friends at www.kettenkrad.de
If you are bringing an interesting vehicle, or are part of a living history display/re-enactment group not mentioned above, please e-mail the team with details and we will include you in our listing!
Look forward to seeing you there!
Ferries for a special rate..